Impatiens plant named &#39;imdored&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new  Impatiens  plant, characterised particularly as to novelty by a compact habit, freely branching with large, double, red flowers, flowering above the foliage.

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED

Impatiens walleriana

VARIETAL DENOMINATION

‘Imdored’

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new distinct cultivar of Impatiens,botanically known as Impatiens walleriana.

The new Impatiens is a product of a planned breeding program conductedin Enkhuizen, Netherlands. The new Impatiens cultivar is compactgrowing, early flowering, floriferous with large, double flowers,flowering above the foliage and with attractive foliage.

The present cultivar originated from a pollination made in 2002, of aproprietary Impatiens selection identified as ‘T 73-2,’ not patented, asthe female, or seed parent, with a proprietary Impatiens selectionidentified as ‘T 73-1,’ not patented, as the male, or pollen parent.

The present cultivar has been repeatedly asexually reproduced bycuttings in Enkhuizen, Netherlands, in Angers, France, in Gilroy, USAover a three year period. The distinctive characters of this newImpatiens are stable and reproduced true to type in successivegenerations of asexual reproduction. It takes 6 to 8 weeks to produce afinished plant, depending on the temperature.

This new Impatiens plant is an annual in most climatical zones in theUS, only in zones 9 and 10 it is a perennial plant.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

This new Impatiens plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographicdrawing which shows blooms, buds and foliage of the plant in full color,the color showing being as true as can be reasonably obtained byconventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctivecharacteristics of this new Impatiens. The data which defines thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inEnkhuizen, Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 25 week oldplants, blossomed under natural light in the field.

Color readings were taken in the office under ambient light. Colorreferences are primarily to the R.H.S. Color Chart of The RoyalHorticultural Society of London.

Plants of the new Impatiens differ primarily from the plants of thefemale parent selection in the following characteristics:

Plants of the new Impatiens have red double flowers and flowers onlyhave petals, whereas the plants of the female have red flowers andflowers have a pollen cap and stigma.

Plants of the new Impatiens differ primarily from the male plantselection in the following characteristics:

Plants of the new Impatiens have red double flowers and flowers onlyhave petals, whereas the plants of the male have red flowers and flowershave a pollen cap and stigma. TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEWCULTIVAR ‘IMDORED’ AND A SIMILAR CULTIVAR ‘Imdored‘ ‘Balolecher’ (U.S.Plant Patent No. 13,668) Flower color Bright red Dark red Plant habitCompact, well branched Very compact Leaf size Medium Very smallPARENTAGE Female parent: ‘T 73-2,’ not patented Male parent: ‘T 73-1,’not patented PROPAGATION Type cutting: Terminal cuttings Time toinitiate roots: 10-12 days at 20 degrees C. Time to produce a rooted 4weeks cutting: Root description: Fine, fibrous and white in color PLANTDESCRIPTION General appearance: Compact, mounded and outwardlyspreading. Appropriate for 12 cm pots and large containers Growth andbranching Compact growing, well branched plant habit habit: Crop time:6-8 weeks, starting from an unrooted cutting in a 10.5 cm pot Plantheight: 12 cm Plant diameter or spread: 35 cm LATERAL BRANCHES Length:About 17.5 cm Diameter: About 4 mm Internode length: About 2.8 cmTexture: Smooth Color: 60A FOLIAGE DESCRIPTION Arrangement: Simple,alternate Length: About 4.3 cm Width: About 2.8 cm Shape: Ovate Apex:Acuminate Base: Attenuate Margin: Serrate, rounded Texture: Glabrous,smooth Venation pattern: Pinnate, arcuate Color, developing and 137Afully expanded foliage, upper surface: Color, developing and 147C fullyexpanded foilage, lower surface: Venation, upper and 143C lowersurfaces: Petiole, length: About 1.3 cm Petiole, diameter: About 2 mmColor: 36C with green FLOWER DESCRIPTION Flower type and Numerous andconsistently large fully double flowering habit: flowers. Freely andcontinuously flowering. Flower buds open similar to a rose in fullness;flowers rounded. Flowers arise from leaf axils. Typically about 28flowers and flower buds per lateral branch. Flowers positioned above andbeyond the foliage and typically face mostly outward. Flowers last aboutfive to seven days under greenhouse conditions. Flowers not persistent.Flowers not fragrant. Flowering season: Year round under greenhouseconditions. In the garden, flowering is continuous from Spring untilFall. Flower size Diameter: About 4.4 cm Depth: About 1.9 cm FLOWER BUDSLength, at stage for About 1 cm showing color: Diameter, at stage forAbout 8 mm showing color: Shape: Ovoid Color: 52B to 52C PETALSQuantity/arrangement: About 28 per flower; imbricate Length, outerpetals: About 2.3 cm Width, outer petals: About 2 cm Shape: Oval toobovate Apex: Emarginate to retuse Base: Shortly attenuate Margin:Entire Texture, upper and lower Velvety, smooth surfaces: Color Whenopening, upper 46A surface: When opening, lower 44D surface: Fullyopened, upper 46B surface: Fully opened, lower 44D surface: SPURSLength: About 3.2 cm Color: 33D SEPALS Quantity/arrangement: Five in asingle whorl Calyx length: About 3 mm Calyx diameter: About 2 mm Shape:Elliptic Apex: Acute Margin: Entire Texture, upper and lower Smoothsurfaces: Color Upper surface: 149C Lower surface: 149C PEDUNCLESLength: About 1.7 cm Diameter: About 2 mm Angle: About 45 degrees to thelateral branch Strength: Moderately strong Color: 175B REPRODUCTIVEORGANS None observed SEED/FRUIT DEVELOPMENT Seed and fruit developmenthas not been observed

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plant named ‘Imdored,’ assubstantially illustrated and described herein.